Adjustable ironing-board.



J. G. KIRKPATRICK. ADJUSTABLE 1110mm BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-d. 190 9.

Patented Apr. v12, 1910.

ATTJHNEYS proved means for ri idly bracing the board- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN GAINES KIRKPATRICK, OF PRESCOTT, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

ADJUSTABLE IRONIN G -BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 12 1910, Application filed January 8, 1809. Serial No. 471,220

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. KIRKPAT- RICK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Prescott, in the county of Yavapai and Territoryof Arizona, have invented a new and Improved Adjustable Ironing- Board, of which'the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to ironing boards, and the object of the invention is to produce an ironing board having means forrcmov; ably attaching the same to a support, such as a shelf or the edge of a table.

1 In its construction the device includes, a leg which rests upon the floor, and one of the objects of the invent-ion is to provide imupon this leg, and urther, to provide improved means for adjusting the board to varying heights or thicknesses of the supporting shelf or table edge.

. The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. I

Figure 1 is a perspective showing the edge of a table to which the ironing board is represented as attached; Fig. 2 is a side elevation and partial section of the ironing board shown in Fig.1, certain parts being broken awa F ig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the ins 3- of Fig. 2 and illustrating the manner of attaching a brace to the under side of the board; Fig. 4' is a side elevation showing in detail a clamping means for at taching the board to the edge of the table," thesalne being illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is an elevation and section showing the means I employ for connecting the brace with the leg.

Referring more articularly to the parts, and especially to ig. 1, 1 represents a table, to the edge of which the ironing board 2 is attached. The board preferably tapers toward its. outer end and its inner end is pro vided with a slot? through which aleg 4 extends upwardly in an inclined position,

plates (3 which are adapted to engage the under side of the table top, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the leg 4 is provided with a. clamping screw 7 which passes verlically downward through the same, as shown, and the lower end of this adjusting screw seats upon the upper face of a clamping block 8. This clamping block is of substantially conical form, as shown, and rests upon the upper side of the tabletop over the spurs 6. ()n the under side of the board 2, at a suitable .point, a brace rod 9 is attached; the uppcr'end of the brace rod is bent so as to form a wristflO which is secured between wear plates 1l,'said wear plates being at tachcd by screws 12 to the under side of the board, as indicated. The lower end of this brace rod 9 is bent laterally so as to form a shank 13, and this shank is adapted to be received in any one of a plurality of openings I l-which are formed in the side of the leg 4 and in a Wear plate 15 which is atiached to the side of the leg, as indicated in In securing the ironing board to the table, theleg 4 is placed in its inclined position and the brace 9 is fastened between the board and the leg; this holds the board in a the edge of the table. The proper adjustment for clamping the table edge is secured by adjusting the screw. Once the proper touchin the adjusting screw. In setting up the board it is applied in position with its outer end elevated, and is then sprung down and the brace applied; this holds the board in a horizontal osition.

I provide an adjustable construction such as that shown in Fig. 5, or attaching the leg brace to the leg. In this construction the leg 16 is provided with a clamping bracket 17, comprisin afiat base; plate 17 and a curved finger 1 The brace rod 18 is clamped in any desired adjusted position by a clamping screw-19 mounted in the side of the bracket, as indicated. The upper end of this brace rod is attached to the board by a pivotal'connection.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

1. In combination, an-ironing board havsubstantially horizontal position and clamps adjustment has been secured the board maybe removed or attached in position without.

ing a slot in the inner end thereof and hav- 3.

ing means on its upper facetor engaging the under side of the edge of a table top, an inclined leg, the lower' end whereof is adapted to rest upon the floor, a hinge con meeting said leg with said board at the inner end of said slet,'said leg having its inner end projecting upwardly through said slot, an adjusting screw mounted in the upper end of said leg for securing the same, a conical block seating on the upper side of the table, the upper side whereof forms a seat for said adjusting screw, and a brace attached to the under side of said board and connecting the same adjnstably with said leg.

2. In combination, an ironing board, a leg, a hinge connecting said leg to said ironing board so as to form the adjacent parts into clamping jaws for engaging the edge of a table, a brake pivotally attached to said board on the under side thereof and at an intermediate point on the length thereof, a clarnpin bracket attached to said table leg and having a curved finger forming a rudimentary socket, and a clamping bolt niounted in said bracket and adapted to clamp said brace thereto.

3. In combination, an ironing board, a

leg, a hinge connecting said leg with said at an intermediate point on the length thereof, a clamping bracket attached to said table leg having a substantially flat plate lying against the side of said leg and having a curved finger extending outwardly from said plate and forming an angle therewith receiving said brace, and a clamping bolt rnounted in said finger opposite to said angle and adapted to clamp said brace against said finger and said plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN GAINES KIRKPATRICK. Witnesses:

F. G. Bnown, D. WV. RUSSELL.

brace pivotally attached" to said board on the under side thereof and 

